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The Premier League issued a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying: “The Premier League was extremely disappointed to read the comments made by Nottingham Forest on social media yesterday, following its match against Everton.

“We note The FA has confirmed it will be investigating the club’s statement. It is never appropriate to improperly question the integrity of match officials, and the nature of these comments mean the Premier League will also be investigating the matter in relation to the League’s Rules.”

The Gunners have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games against Chelsea (won five, lost two).

Their current four-game unbeaten run is their longest against the Blues in the league since a 19-game streak between 1995 and 2005.

Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League again at the weekend with a comfortable 2-0 over Wolves and the manager was impressed with the way his team played.

The Gunners were knocked out of Europe last week by Bayern Munich and responded in style with Arteta saying: “It was really good, I really liked the performance, the result, the clean sheet but also the way individually and a team they showed they still have a step forward to make.

“We realised we want to be involved in big competitions, fighting for the Champions League, fighting for the Premier League, the level it requires, we have to do something special. You have to have that love to compete.”

“It’s not about us, Pep or myself, it’s about the well-being of the players,” Arteta said when speaking about how bust the schedule is becoming for teams that are also competing in European competitions.

“Especially when you are competing in European competition, everything has to be competed in the same way.”

He added: “You cannot have a team that hasn’t played for seven days or three days before and has more recovery time and you have to play in the Premier League or the FA Cup.

“It is not right. If you look at it any angle it’s not right. If you want to protect and you always talk about the players and the protagonists, let’s protect them and think about them and do everything we can to give them the maximum time so they can recover and they can maintain the show they put on every week.

“We stayed in Munich, I think we had two hours sleep, wake up and we started to talk about Wolves first of all and then understand what we had to do to win the game.

“The boys were unbelievable. You look at the amount of games we have played in the last few weeks, the type of games we have played and the attitude and the way they have run today is top.”

Guardiola said it was “unacceptable” that his side had to play an FA Cup semi-final less than 72 hours after being in action in the Champions League on Wednesday night as they beat Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday tea-time.

The Gunners’ plight was arguably worse as they were also in Europe on Wednesday night but had to travel back from Germany on Thursday following their Champions League exit to Bayern Munich.

Chelsea lost this fixture 3-1 last season with Martin Odegaard scoring twice and Gabriel Jesus also on target as the Gunners triumphed at the Emirates.

However, the Blues have not lost consecutive Premier League away games against Arsenal since a run of three between December 2001 and October 2003.

Mikel Arteta sought the opinion of Mauricio Pochettino before leaving Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s assistant to become manager of Arsenal.

“When I had to make a decision I asked him and explained the situation and he gave me some advice and he was needed,” Arteta said.

“I admire what he’s done in his career and he’s someone I’ve looked to because he was impactful to me in the most important stage of my career. As a role model I can’t pick anyone better.

“He doesn’t need to help me about tactics. The best influence he has had on me is the way he speaks about his life, his professionalism, his family and who he was as a figure in the dressing room and the passion and love he has for the game.

“That for me is the most important things which I learnt from him.”

When asked how influential Mauricio Pochettino was for Mikel Arteta when he was a professional player, the Gunners manager had nothing but praise replying: “He’s one of the most. I was 17 or 18 in Paris with no experience in professional football.

“He doesn’t like me saying it but to me he was like a father, he took me under his arm, he gave me incredible advice and protected me, he inspired me and I learned so much in our two years together.”

Arteta played alongside the Chelsea boss at Paris Saint-Germain before their rise as coaches in Europe’s top divisions.

The Arsenal manager talked up the influence Pochettino had on him as a player, admitting he was inspired by the Argentinian as a teenager.